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Chapter 486 This is what I want!
Osaka.

"Mr. Zhang, this car is Isuzu's WFR. You call it a big bread. It is the same type as the Toyota Hiace, Mitsubishi DELICA, and Mazda E2000 we saw before." Sitting in this Isuzu WFR, Mi Shan Long Yi is introducing the situation of this car to Zhang Qihang: "But compared to Toyota Hiace, Mitsubishi DELICA, Mazda E2000 and Nissan Jiaben, Isuzu WFR is also equipped with a 4-liter diesel engine code-named L1FC2.0 and a The 4-liter diesel engine code-named L1FD2.2, as you know, Isuzu has very unique advantages in the field of small-displacement diesel engines..."

At the same time, Mi Shanlong carefully observed Zhang Qihang's reaction - this is related to a lot of money!
Zhang Qihang nodded repeatedly.

This is already his fourth day in Japan.

Years ago, after Zhang Qihang went to Beijing to accompany his girlfriend to the Spring Festival Gala and met his future mother-in-law, Cui Wu, who couldn't stand Ryuichi Miyama, got up on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year and came to Dongying.

Ryuichi Yoneyama was particularly interested in this cooperation. During the few days when Zhang Qihang arrived in Dongying, after learning that Zhang Qihang intends to introduce a model similar to the fourth-generation Toyota HIACE, he took Zhang Qihang to visit There are several mainstream "big vans" in the Dongying market, not only the fourth-generation Toyota Hiace, which is very well-known in China and is now a mess, but also Nissan Jiaben, Mitsubishi DELICAL300, Mazda E2000 and other models.

In order for Zhang Qihang to have a general understanding of the performance of these models, he even helped Zhang Qihang rent several such models of different brands from car rental companies for test drives. Today, accompanied by Ryuichi Miyama, Zhang Qihang Came to this Isuzu car dealership in Osaka again.

The conversation between the two was conducted in Japanese, so there was no problem for the Isuzu salesman standing on the side, he immediately bowed repeatedly, nodded at the same time and said: "Yes, yes, what this gentleman said is absolutely correct. Yes, compared to other brands, our Isuzu WFR has a choice of diesel engine power, so it is not only more powerful, but also more fuel-efficient. At the same time, our WFR is compared in daily maintenance and maintenance. Other brands also have some advantages, choosing our Isuzu WFR is definitely the most suitable choice for you.”

"Thank you very much," Zhang Qihang smiled and nodded to the other party: "But we still need to look at a few more for comparison, and I will cause you trouble."

The salesperson was not surprised that Zhang Qihang did not place an order at all. Few of the people who came to buy a car would place an order the first time they arrived at the store, and they still kept the humble smile of the salesperson on their faces. He bowed again and again: "You are too polite, it should be... May I help you arrange a test drive?"

Zhang Qihang naturally declined.

When he came to the car, Ryuichi Mishan couldn't help it: "Zhang Jun, we have seen a lot of cars in the past few days, do you have a favorite model? Or, what kind of model do you want to look for? "

Zhang Qihang sighed: "I want a car with the same space as the models we have seen in the past few days, but the engine is not under the driver's seat, but in front of the front of the car. The overall structure is a hatchback. But so far, I don't seem to have encountered it."

In fact, the car I said should be close to the market, but Zhang Qihang doesn't know the specific time to market, but I just remember that it will be this year.

You said it earlier!

Hearing Zhang Qihang's words, Ryuichi Miyama's eyes lit up: "Do you need a car with the same space as the cars we have seen these days, but with the engine in front of the car?"

"Yes," Zhang Qihang nodded and said, "First of all, what I want is not a hatchback car like Suzuki Swift, nor an off-road vehicle like Mitsubishi Pajero, but a minivan like the American Chrysler Grand Vega. This type of vehicle is mainly for road use, and it is mainly oriented to products for home and business users."

The so-called minivan is what we commonly call MPV, and in this era, the best-selling minivan product in the entire United States is Chrysler's Grand Caravan. This car has dominated the sales list of minivan products all year round. Models like GL8, Chevrolet Bullet, Toyota Overlord and Ford E-Class are all worthy of being younger brothers.

As soon as Zhang Qihang said minivan, Ryuichi Miyama understood. He nodded in a dazed expression: "So you want this kind of car. You said it was a coincidence. I really know which brand has this kind of car."

"Oh?"

Zhang Qihang's eyes widened, and he looked at Ryuichi Mishan suspiciously, his meaning was very clear: Since you know, why haven't we seen each other these few days?

Ryuichi Mishan naturally understood Zhang Qihang's eyes, but in the face of Zhang Qihang's suspicion, Ryuichi Mishan calmly explained: "Because this car has not yet been launched, the reason why I know this car is because I am alone. The senior who has a very good relationship happens to be the deputy chief designer of this car, I heard him talk about it."

"So that's how it is," Zhang Qihang suddenly realized, and he couldn't wait to ask, "Which brand is it?"

"Mitsubishi," Ryuichi Yoneyama did not hide it: "That is the Mitsubishi DELICA series we have seen before, but what we have seen before is the third-generation DELICA. The third-generation DELICA is the same as Toyota's HIACE. The single-box car structure with the engine on the front axle, and Mitsubishi’s fourth-generation DELICA, which is already being tested, adopts the minivan concept you just mentioned, changing from the mid-mounted rear drive of DELICA L300 and HIACE to The front and rear drive are added, the engine has a special engine compartment, and the model structure has changed from the previous single compartment to a hatchback."

that's it!
This is it!

Zhang Qihang tried his best to suppress the excitement in his heart, his face remained calm.

The fourth-generation Mitsubishi DELICA can be said to be the first of its kind in Japan’s light passenger market. Before the DELICA L400, everyone, including Toyota, Nissan, Honda and other first-tier manufacturers, played with single-compartment “big bread”, but Since the launch of Mitsubishi's fourth-generation DELICA, DELICA L400 has quickly captured the market and seized the market for its own products. Mitsubishi, a second-tier brand, has a tendency to enter the first-tier. Three companies headed by Toyota, Honda, and Nissan The first-tier companies immediately became angry and began to develop such products: Isn't it just moving the engine from under the buttocks to the front of the car?Such a simple thing, don't I know how to do it?
Known as the "big sofa", Nissan was the first to take action. They used some of the technologies and ideas of the first-generation Guishi developed in cooperation with Ford before, and launched the Junjue minivan concept car, or MPV , still follow the route of "big sofa";

Toyota, aware of the crisis, followed closely. They first launched the Granvia with a forward engine on the basis of the fourth-generation Hiace, and then launched the GRAN HIACE on the basis of Granvia, and It eventually developed into a magic car with a higher price: Alpha.

Let me say more here that the GRAN HIACE car was later introduced by our domestic Brilliance Automobile. The Chinese name is Ge Ruisi. You can often see this model converted into an ambulance in major hospitals.

As for Mitsubishi, which was the first to launch this type of product, although their DELICA L400 did not directly introduce this product to China, this model sold very well in China. First of all, JAC. In 2001, JAC A product called H-1 was introduced from Hyundai Motor in South Korea. After arriving in China, it was renamed Ruifeng. It became popular and popular for a while, and was sought after by enterprises, agencies and institutions. The prototype of Ruifeng: Hyundai H- 1. In fact, it is Mitsubishi DELICA L400, but the Koreans used their ancestral skills: a facelift.

Seeing that Jianghuai's Ruifeng is so popular, the Second Automobile Group is also moved. Unlike Jianghuai, Second Automobile directly approached Mitsubishi and introduced the original DELICA L400 from Mitsubishi Motors, which was once talked about by countless people. "This car has five sunroofs!" said Dongfeng Fengxing Lingzhi.

In addition, let me say one more thing. At that time, Southeast Automobile cooperated with Zhonghua Automobile, which was later renamed Yulong, and introduced Mitsubishi Delica L4 from Zhonghua Automobile. Hip pulled.

"Already have Mitsubishi?" Zhang Qihang asked calmly: "Since we already have it, why didn't we see it when we went to the Mitsubishi store yesterday?"

"Yes, it already exists," Ryuichi Miyama bowed slightly: "The reason why it hasn't been listed yet is that it is still undergoing subsequent testing work, and the other is that my seniors told me that the leaders of Mitsubishi hope to be able to The car was announced at this year's Tokyo Motor Show."

That's it!

Zhang Qihang suddenly understood.

The current Tokyo Motor Show has been hailed as one of the top five auto shows in the world, and because it is held only once every two years, every time the Tokyo Motor Show is held, it will become a grand event and a big carnival for the Dongying automobile industry. Dongying Automobile Manufacturing Co., Ltd. is even more proud of releasing new cars at the Tokyo Motor Show, and can also gain maximum exposure for its original products.

From this point of view, not to mention that Mitsubishi DELICA L400 is still in the final testing stage, even if it has been developed and finalized, Mitsubishi Motors is very likely to hold the card first, waiting for the Tokyo Motor Show this autumn.

"Understood," suddenly Zhang Qihang asked a new question: "But since it's just a new car that hasn't been launched yet, is Mitsubishi Motors willing to sell it?"

"This..." Ryuichi Yoneyama was not very sure, but at this time, he had no choice but to bite the bullet: "It should be possible. After all, in Mitsubishi's product lineup, the DELICA series is far less important than the Pajero and Lancer series. The portion is heavy."

This is true!
Who doesn't know the Pajero series?
With Mitsubishi's powerful super-selected four-wheel drive system and the car's eye-catching performance in the Dakar Rally, Mitsubishi Pajero is a representative model in the field of off-road vehicles. And the name of the Toyota Land Cruiser is even louder;

As for the Mitsubishi lancer series, let alone car fans, even those who are not car fans, how many people have never heard of lancer evolution?

Compared with the lancer series and the Pajero series, the DELICA series is indeed much worse.

Zhang Qihang nodded and said: "Then Mr. Mi Shan, please contact your friend. If possible, let's have a light meal together."

Ryuichi Mi Shan hurriedly nodded in response.

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In a famous and expensive French restaurant in Tokyo, watching Zhang Qihang discuss the menu and order with the chef of this restaurant skillfully in French, the chef not only did not show any displeasure, but was happy Nodding repeatedly, not only Ryuichi Yoneyama, but also Ryuichi Yoneyama's senior, who is the deputy chief designer of DELICA L400 at Mitsubishi Motors Corporation: Jiro Yamada, was extremely surprised.

After the chef left, Jiro Yamada couldn't bear it any longer, and said with admiration: "Mr. Zhang, I really didn't expect that not only your French is so good, but you also have such a good research on French cuisine."

Zhang Qihang smiled slightly, and said calmly: "Our country also has a French restaurant, which is the Maxim's restaurant that I invited Mr. Mishan to eat when I was in Beijing. This restaurant is the famous French fashion designer and fashion master Pierre Cardin. Opened by Mr. Yamada, the taste is quite good. If Mr. Yamada has the opportunity to come to China, please contact me. I invite you to eat the most authentic French food. Frankly speaking, the French food in this restaurant is designed to suit your Dongying taste , or made some... um, improvements."

Speaking of this, Zhang Qihang couldn't help but shook his head: "But there is no way, this is already a relatively high-end French restaurant that can be found in the movement."

Obviously, he used the word "improvement" out of concern for the face of Ryuichi Yoneyama and Jiro Yamada. In fact, he simply said that this French restaurant is not authentic.

Yoneyama Ryuichi and Yamada Jiro felt a little ashamed when they heard the words.

Before this, the two of them actually had some psychological advantages when they faced Zhang Qihang, but now I heard Zhang Qihang say that in the huge Tokyo, you can't even find an authentic French restaurant, and you can only eat half-baked ones. The French meal made the two of them feel a little shorter.

Seeing the reactions of Ryuichi Yoneyama and Jiro Yamada, Zhang Qihang secretly smiled.

The reason why the two of them were invited to eat French food instead of so-called Japanese food was Zhang Qihang's trick. Now in Dongying, the whole society is filled with a social atmosphere of "leaving Asia and entering Europe". The whole Dongying society feels that Asia It is too backward, too uncivilized, and too unfree. The reason why Dongying is still discriminated against by locals in Europe and America is because the geographical location of Dongying makes Europeans and Americans think that Dongying people are the same as people from other countries in Asia.

But how could people from Japan be the same as people from other countries in Asia?

Dongying people are civilized people and are closer to the West. Therefore, as long as we in Dongying can break away from Asia and join the West, we will be truly civilized people and will no longer be discriminated against by people in the civilized world.

And Zhang Qihang invited these two people to eat French food. For the Dongying people who desperately want to "leave Asia and enter Europe", they eat this way: we don't want to eat Japanese food, French food is the best in the world. High-quality meal!

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PS: Sorry guys, Millennium really doesn’t know how to write emotional dramas. I originally wanted to write about some things about Zhang Qihang and Xia Muqing in the capital, but I am not satisfied with it after several revisions, so I simply deleted it, which led to yesterday’s The number of updates has decreased, please forgive me brothers.

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